Attachment for guitars.



No. 823,657. PATENTED JUNE 19, 1906. H. M. WILLIS.

ATTACHMENT FOR GUITARS.- APPLICATION FILED NOV. 20, 1905.

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ATTACHMENT FOR GUITARS.

1'0 all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, HoUsToN MATTHEW WILLIS, a citizen of the United States, residing at Prairieville, in the county of Hale and State of Alabama, have invented new and useful Improvements in Attachments for Guitars, of which the following is a specification.

My invention is an attachment for guitars to prevent injury to the sounding-board and also to provide a support for the right hand of the player.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a plan view of a guitar, showing the attachment applied. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the attachment removed.

Referring specifically to the drawings, 5 denotes the body of a guitar; 6, the sounding-board, having the usual sound-hole 7 8, the neck; .9, the bridge, and 10 the strings.

The attachment comprises a thin strip 1 1 of suitable metal extending lengthwise over the sounding-board from the bridge to the neck. The end of the strip adjacent the bridge is formed with an ear 12, having a erforation 13 for a screw 14, whereby it is astened to the bridge. The opposite end of the strip is formed with a erforated ear 15 for attachment to the nec of the instrument. The inner longitudinal edge of the strip is cut away, as at 16, to register with the sound-hole, and its opposite or outer edge is formed with an upwardly and inwardly curved flange 17.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed November 20, 1905.

Patented June 19, 1906.

Serial No. 288,189.

The strings of the instrument are picked by the right hand, the latter being usually supported by placing the little finger on the soundingboard. The continued use of the instrument results in wear and damage of the sounding-board by reason of the contact of the finger-nail therewith. This trouble is entirely avoided by the use of the attachment, which serves as a wear-plate and effectively shields the sounding-board from the contact of the finger-nail therewith. The flange 17 at the outer edge of the strip prevents the little finger from slipping, which materially aids in sustaining the hand in proper position to pick the strings. The adjustment can be readily secured to the instrument without danger of injury thereto.

Having thus described my invention, what is claimed as new, and desired to be secured by Letters Patent, is-

The combination with a guitar, of a strip secured to the sounding-board and extending from the bridge to the neck, the outer longitudinal edge of the strip being formed with an upturned flange.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

HOUSTON MATTHEW WILLIS.

Witnesses HUGH DIXON,- O. S. ULMER. 

